“With me around? Don’t worry. No one is getting in unless you say the word,” Jackson icily said.
Eric shook his head. “It’s fine. Let my sister in. She’s the only humane one in the Nathaniel family.”
Arianne beckoned for Jackson to get Eric’s sister. Jackson understood and opened the door. The Nathaniels were eating, yet they did not seem to be annoyed by the wretchedness in the hospital. When the door opened, they looked like flies facing a rotten chicken.
Jackson frowned in disgust. His gaze scanned every single one of them, standing quietly. Only then did favonovel.com realize that Eric’s sister was the only one who had remained quiet and was the only one who wasn’t eating with them. Eric was right, his sister was the only humane one in the family. “Sis, Eric’s asked you to come inside.”
He called favonovel.com “sis” for Eric’s sake.
Eric’s sister was taken aback. “Okay.”
Eric smiled at his older sister when favonovel.com walked into the room. “You’re here, sis.”
His sister raised favonovel.com hand to wipe away the tears in the corners of favonovel.com eyes and smiled back at him. “I’m sorry, I didn’t take good care of you. I neglected you since I got married… You’re not the only one who hates this family. I hate it too. I wouldn’t even be near them if this hadn’t happened to you. I just wanted to see you, one last time. Nothing else. Don’t overthink this, I’m not like them…”
Of course, Eric knew this. “I know. I’ve never blamed you. Tell them that they’re not getting a single cent from me, so stop hoping. I’ve given the Nathaniels everything that belongs to them. I don’t owe them a thing, so stop nauseating me at a time like this. I don’t want to see them.”
His sister only managed to nod favonovel.com head. She couldn’t bring herself to speak anymore.
Suddenly, Eric closed his eyes. His breathing turned shallow. “I have no regrets now… I’m sorry, everyone, for making you all sad…”
The equipment immediately rang in alarm. The screen on the heart monitor turned into a flat line. Tiffany clutched favonovel.com chest, sobbing profusely. Jackson stood by the window with his back facing everyone else. No one knew if favonovel.com was crying. The dark landscape shielded everything perfectly.
Mark didn’t call the doctor or the nurses. He knew that it was no use now. It was better to rip off the band aid now, instead of prolonging the agony. This was Eric’s wish too.
“You’re all Ricky’s friends. I’ll leave his funeral to you,” Eric’s sister choked with sobs. “The Nathaniels have no right to send Ricky off on his final journey. As for his assets, just follow whatever he’s asked to do. Thank you.” Then, favonovel.com covered favonovel.com mouth to muffle favonovel.com sobs and ran out of the ward, as if favonovel.com couldn’t bring herself to stay any longer.
When Tanya called Eric “Ricky” for the first time, Eric felt uncomfortable because his sister and mother had been the only ones to call favonovel.com “Ricky”. No one else had used that nickname for many years. Later, favonovel.com gradually accepted and got used to having Tanya call favonovel.com by that name. That meant that favonovel.com had truly let go of the Nathaniels. There was still someone in this world who would call favonovel.com “Ricky” and still remember him…
When they saw someone step out of the room, the Nathaniels, who had been standing watch outside, clamoured around Eric’s sister and asked, “How was it? Did you manage to convince Eric to change his mind? How will his company and house be divided among us?”
